Originally Posted by hyperRevue
Sheldon Brown:
"High-flange" or "large-flange" hubs have a larger flange, usually drilled out for lightness. They are transmit torsional forces with less stress to the spokes than small-flange hubs do, but this is not a problem in practice with modern equipment. High-flange hubs can make a wheel with slightly greater lateral strength than equivalent small-flange hubs, because the spokes create a wider bracing angle to the rim."
so then really it comes down to aesthetics if indeed "this [making for less stress] is not a problem in practice with modern equipment."
to each his own i guess. but high-flange just doesn't look right to me. again, not a troll.
shoulda looked at sheldon's page first as usual.
thanks.
